SPORTS
Ducks lose more starters to injuries
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Editor
Just when the Oregon foot
hall injury situation was at its
worst, it got worse.
Starting quarterback Danny
O’Noil.'s first season came to on
early end Tuesday as Oregon
couch Rich Brooks announced
,1 right-thumb injury would
sideline the redshirt freshman
for the remainder of the season
Also, starting defensive end
Matt LaBounty will miss the
next three weeks because of ar
throscopic surgery on his left
knee Tuesday.
O'Neil suffered the injury
early in Oregon's t> win over
New Mexico State last Satur
day, hut stayed in for the entire
first half.
“Livery lime I threw the ball,"
O'Neil said after the..game Sat
urdav, "I looked down, and
(the thumb) was out, so I put it
hack in."
Team surgeons tiet ided sur
gery would he needed next
week to place a pin between
the two hones to ensure the
hand heals properly
O'Neil passed for 71 :t yards
and seven tout hdowns in his
five games as a starter tor the
Ducks.
Junior Brett Salisbury, side
lined after hernia surgery until
two weeks ago, will start Satur
day at l!Uh-rankud California
Salisbury played all ol the set
ond half against New Mexico
State, and has completed 10 of
15 passes lur l.i'l yarns .mil two
touchdowns in his two games
this year.
Salisbury s.iid iiftor the New
Mexico win tli.it he is prepared
lor his first start
"Definitely." he said Satur
day. "I've got to be ready to
play."
Brooks said Wednesday that
tliis is what Salisbury has been
waiting lor all y ear.
"I think this is the opportuni
ty he's been looking for." he
said. "Now he's the starter, and
it is his opportunity to show
everybody how good he can
be.”'
What yvas thought to Ik; only
a in inor knee injury to
LaBounlv instead required ar
throscopic surgery on his left
knee Tuesday The senior suf
fered a slight curtilage tear and
strained ligaments in his left
knee Saturday, putting him out
for three weeks.
LaBounty, Oregon's career
leader in sucks, started 2‘) con
secutive games on the Ducks'
defensive line. Sophomore
Cary Williams will start in his
place at California
LaBounty is the second mem
ber of Oregon's starting defen
sive line to be sidelined. Senior
end Jeff Cummins may miss the
rest of the season with a foot in
jury he suffered during Ore
gon's second game.
More bad news came Ore
gon's way Tuesday us starting
outside linebacker Ernest Jones
suffered a knee injury in prac
tice and was unable to finish
drills. The extent of the injury
and Jones' status for Saturday's
contest will not be determined
until later this week
Back from the ranks of the in
jured are linebackers Jon Far
well, Terrell Edwards and John
Tauinoopuau, starting free safe
ty Eric Castle, and starting cen
ter Greg Phillips. Sophomore
tailback Sean Burwell will play
Saturday in his first start since
the second week of the season
J
Junior Brett Salisbury will finally get a chance to start at quarterback
on Saturday against California He replaces the injured Danny O Neil
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